I met Immah in Mombasa early this year however I have been following her work online platforms. Immaculate embodies sisterhood, uses available resources to impact women and girls not only in her community but across Kenya…
Final day of 16 days of Activism was really the best as we match through the streets of Molyko chanting songs of no to rape and No to Gender Based Violence. We were closed to 15 NGOs that participated and we finally stop at…
If there’s someone with a warm spirit, it is Sister Karen Quinones. She saw the power of creative writing in me and of course I do try my hand at writing and I love it. She has been in touch with me on World Pulse and she…
NILA Educational and Entrepreneur Services Pvt Ltd a joint venture of NOCER-INDIA,NON VIOLENCE PROJECT FOUNDATION,JANHIT VIKAS SAMITHI.Bini Mereena John, General secratary and Director of NILA as a counsellor found that the…
So many years passed by, i feel like more bad times i experienced than good times. Sometimes I asked myself, " did i born to be suffered in this world? ". One day, i send to my aunt ( my father sister and she's a pastor)…
What a dark cloud it could be, when you love a man, who is your husband for 26,years, and it become realization that he never cared for you and never loved you back. He never cared about your feelings your emotional or…
HOW DO WE RAISE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MALE ALLIES Bringing Up Boys Speaking of synchronicity . . . for the past 3 weeks I have been thinking I should write a post on how young men can be taught to treat women equal. For 11…
When I was much younger, my uncle raped me. This sent me into spiral depression and into the arms of Ivan, my ex-fiance. He was sweet at first until all the sweet became sour. He would tear me down so I didn't feel like I…
I broke my silence after 40 years with this song that poured out of my heart as I listened to so many people, from all walks of life, tell their stories about all forms of abuse. As the world speaks out now about #MeToo , I…
With the rapid expansion of the previously existing #MeToo movement, there seems to be the semblance of a heightened state of unification among women which crosses national borders as the majority of women across the world…
Entering an abusive relationship I was 14, he was 21, when my ex and I started a relationship. In the very beginning of our relationship he was very nice to me on the one hand, giving me compliments and telling me he couldn’…
After finishing high school I went to the Government Training Institute to start my secretarial and book keeping cours, after two years I got my certification and I went to stay widh my uncle in Nairobi city and after one…
The Ambassador Cynthia had just finished her 200 level exams when she got the news of her father’s demise. She couldn’t believe what she heard from her mother who has called to inform her about the death of her father.…
Right now across the word women experience un equality in what we call the circle of security. We can all agree that woman have the right to feel and be safe in their home and country Evan in their community. I can assure…
Every time I return late, my mother stays up worried about my safety. My grandmother suggests that I be married off. And me, I just want the freedom to navigate the city irrespective of time, whether it is for work or a good…
The (brightness) was a girl, who stay in a slum(darkness) The darkness arise when her father was broke and he was thrown out to the slum, her father really want to give her daughters a good life. She was from a family of six…
As a survivor of sexual violence, I feel misunderstood at times. Sometimes I don't even know how to express myself to some people when I feel really low and need someone to talk to. Sometimes it feels as though I'm…
Imagine you were asked to complete the statement ‘If I was Prime Minister for a day…’ what would you say? It is a very interesting task. It gets you thinking big. It got me thinking big. So in honour of International Women’s…
Today in Milan there is a big Women's Day celebration. A very very close friend of mine was there (and I'm waiting her photos). I had works to do, and did not take part (with some regret). But, I and a friend-colleague spoke…
I live in Kenya, Nairobi city. I have over 15 years experience in working with girls, youth and women from Eastern and sub Saharan Africa in child protection issues, adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues,and…
Today I had nothing to say, so I thought of sharing my personal self from within. Growing up I was taught to be the mature one, the bravest and understanding one since I was the oldest. I have always kept everything to my…
Theme: Indigenous women and natural resources Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo The Pride Inn, Hotel, Raphta Road, Westlands, Nairobi- Kenya From September 8 to 12, 2019 Dear participants in the conference (In your…
Have you ever stopped to think about the possibility, the possibility, just throwing it out there, that you actually married the wrong person? Or that you might have married the right person but at the wrong time in your…
Suddenly you woke up in the middle of the night, you went to pee, when you went back to bed you couldn’t get back to sleep. You’ve started thinking about your work that needs to be done, things that you haven’t started yet,…
Will some one cut my chest, just to check my heartbeat and my lungs. Am I really normally, Am I the only person who smiles during the rainy cold days? Am so afraid, it is the last thing that has ever crossed my mind. How…
